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able to establish a serious breeding collection of Australian Parakeets. Many a quiet hour during operations or exercises was spent mapping out aviary plans and I kept up my PS membership throughout. In addition my father, now living in Belfast, had an extensive breeding collection of Lories and Lorikeets, which I saw on annual visits. Sadly he became seriously ill during 2004 and the breeding successes suffered, when he died in 2005 the birds, including the best Red Stellas Lorikeets I’ve ever seen were practically given away. With 12 years served, house prices rising rapidly and a daughter deserving a stable school environment, I opted to buy a house in North Yorkshire. My wife and daughter settled in and were soon joined by a second little girl. I was serving down in Hampshire, living in the
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Warrant Officer’s & Sergeant’s Mess during the week and commuting home at weekends. Immediately after an Iraq tour, five, 12ft flights were soon constructed and filled with Stanleys, Manycoloured and Yellow Rosellas, my wife and eldest helping to feed them during the week. I’ve been lucky enough to stay within the Army’s training environment since 2004, which has allowed me to build my breeding stock. I’m now in my final two years, in the stable but busy position of a Regimental Sergeant Major. My birds consisting of Pileated, 28s, Port Lincolns, Cloncurries, POWs, Tasmanians, Yellow Rosellas, GMRs, Mealies, Brown’s, Stanleys, Many Coloured, Turquoisines and Finschii Slatey Headed, all being normal wild coloured birds.
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